Gentlemen. They don't want you to use live bait in our lakes. Such as Shiners as they will over take a lake if they get loose. The state wants to be the only ones that plant our lakes.

So the only thing that you can use is what is natural to the area. Such as worms,grass hoppers,processed eggs,power bait,water dogs,etc.

So if you use what is out in the Sound for bait I guess it is legal. I used to use small crabs when I was a kid along with clams and pileing worms and they,the bait was alive.